Our Instructors

Hi, my name is Brandon Lee Peña, and I am the founder and head bartender of Slow Dive Co, based in Miami, FL.

I was born and raised in South Florida and spent most of my years after high school working for my mother’s business, sitting at a desk typing digits away, feeling deeply uninspired by life. I was still young and just dreaming up what I wanted my future to look like while trying to figure out how i was going to transform myself into an entrepreneur overnight. Sitting at my desk day after day. I was itching to do something more fast-paced, something team-based, and above all, something brand new. In the midst of 2020’s labor shortage I decided to try my hand at the hospitality industry starting from the ground up as a busser and barback at a local sports bar. I quickly discovered that I absolutely loved spending my time working behind the bar, fascinated by the performative role of a great bartender and the magic of sitting back and watching a busy restaurant buzz through service. My newfound love for this industry sent me down a rabbit hole learning everything there was to know about bartending, mixology, and the wonderful world of spirits. and here we are now, welcome to the Slow Dive, let’s do this together.